Gold Vending Machines

A vending machine that dispenses gold has been installed in Germany. Amid increased demand for the precious metal during this current global crisis, an asset management company has plans to set up 500 "Gold-To-Go" ATMs across Germany, Switzerland and Austria. One of these gold vending machines was exhibited this week at Frankfurt railway station. See more photos and information here.

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Twitter was originally done through a Vending Machine

News just in! It seems that the concept behind Twitter was originally created by an early vending machine. In 1935 there was a machine called the Notificator that was installed in stores, streets and train station in London. Inserting a coin into the slot allowed users to add a handwritten message into a glass display panel, like a message board, allowing users to relay information, make or break appointments or announce to their friends what pubs they were going to meet at - assuming the intended recipients spotted the message. See more information here.

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Reverse-Recycling Vending Machines

Check out these new reverse-recycling vending machines on trial in Australia. The Envirobank lets you stuff it full of recyclable products - plastic, glass and aluminum cans - in return for shopping vouchers.

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Book Vending Machine

The Espresso Book Machine is essentially a book vending machine that automatically prints, binds, and trims, on demand at point of sale, perfect-bound, library-quality paperback books. About a hundred pages can be printed per minute (meaning it will take about a quarter of an hour to churn out that copy of War and Peace) and makers plan to make every book ever published available to customers. Read more here.

Healthy Vending Selected in the US

"A lot of people want better choices, they just don't have it available to them," said Carol Peters, President of YoNaturals, a healthy vending machine company. "If you put healthier options in front of them, people might make better choices." Although the partners are targeting businesses as well, the rise in childhood obesity is prompting a focus on schools, where they believe the machines can help make a difference. "Kids are going to snack," Ms. Peters said. "The challenge is to convince the schools to put in a healthy option..." ...read more.

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Out of order - For good!

Manchester Vending Services supports The British Heart Foundation's campaign to put cigarette vending machines out of order for good. Smoking is a leading risk factor for heart disease and we want to see an immediate ban on the sale of cigarettes from vending machines. Find out more about the campaign here.

Earthquake Vending Machine

New vending machines in Japan are designed to hand out free drinks to everyone - but only in case of an emergency. In the earthquake-prone country, specially marked vending machines currently being distributed to subway stations can be set to "emergency mode" during which they vend free drinks
Via InventorSpot.